Written by Mildred D. Taylor, the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry has many examples of the literary element of symbolism in the last three chapters of the story. Beginning, symbolism can first be found affecting the conflict because when the Logan’s cotton field caught on fire, “‘folks thinking that lightning struck that fence of...[their]s and started the fire” (Taylor 273). This demonstrates conflict because the neighbors thought that the fence was the reason the cotton ignited on fire, but the real igniter was Papa. Furthermore, symbolism can be found affecting suspense because when “Thunder crashed against the corners of the world as lightning split the sky” (Taylor 256), readers were wondering if Cassie was going to make it to Papa